Model Based Animation

Model based animation is a type of animation where you create a model out of plasticine, or some other kind of material, and take pictures of it in one position, move it slightly and take another picture. This is repeated many times until you have enough frames to make a short video. Below are some examples.

This is a short clip of the well-known animation, Wallace and Gromit. It was created by Aardman Animations out of plasticine on metal armatures.

This is The Clangers, a model-based animation by Oliver Postgate. Unlike Wallace and Gromit, The Clangers is not made out of plasticine, but little knitted characters. It was originally broadcast by the BBC from 1969 - 1972.